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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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